mime

«mime» in Mova's school dictionary: acting a story using only movements, faces and gestures… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a mime, mimes; mime, uncountable); verb (mime, mimes, mimed, miming)

meaning for a pupil

1) Mime is acting a story using only movements, faces and gestures, without words. tree →

2) A mime is a performer who does this, often with a white painted face. tree →

3) To mime means to show something with actions instead of words. tree →

4) To mime a song means to move your lips as if singing while a recording plays. tree →

sense in the lessons

In drama lessons, games such as charades use mime. In stories, a character may mime a message when they cannot speak. In music videos and shows, «miming» to a recording is sometimes called cheating. Phrases: «in mime», «mime artist», «mime a word», «mime along to».

examples

• We acted out the story in mime. tree →
• The mime pretended to be trapped in a glass box. tree →
• Mime brushing your teeth. tree →
• In charades you have to mime the film title. tree →
• The pop star was caught miming at the concert. tree →
• She mimed "Call me" through the window. tree →
• Our drama teacher showed us how to mime pulling a rope. tree →

note

Verb: mimed, miming. «Mime» (the art) is uncountable; «a mime» (a performer or a short act) is countable. Rhymes with «time». Do not confuse with «mimic» (copy someone's voice or actions, often to make fun).

In the corpora

• One mimed song on a TV show, where many performers mime, does not prove a singer cannot sing.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mime» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.